音标:[di'krepit] ;
a. 衰老的
s. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

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decrepit的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. We fell the old antiquated and decrepit schoolhouse into disuse.我们淘汰了已经破烂不堪的旧校舍。
  2. The decrepit old man led a poor life.这个老翁贫困潦倒。
  3. A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。

经典引文

  • How can you be so good to an old decrepid man?

    出自:Dryden
  • The dwelling itself was so irreparably decrepit that no modern squatter would stay there overnight.

    出自:D. Murphy
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